Ikea coming to Jacksonville

[ben says]

A CB2 would be nice too, but that isn't happening either.   

Remember that a Bo Concept opened at SJTC and then closed.  Maybe there just isn't much of a market for contemporary furniture here.

You may be right. NestLiving failed in both 5 Points in San Marco.

That being said, Scan Design has been killing it for years...

[JFman00]

It's frustrating not having any decent modern/contemporary furniture at reasonable prices in the area. Between Scan Design/nest living/Design Within Reach and IKEA/whatever ends up on craigslist, there aren't many options.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

[fsquid]

you can think the stuff is crap all you want, but having a store like that would be nice for tax revenue.

[wsansewjs]

That cracks me so much! I can assemble an IKEA chair in 3 minutes. So cheap, flimsy, but solid chairs. They are great for short term usage.

-Josh

[Ocklawaha]

you can think the stuff is crap all you want, but having a store like that would be nice for tax revenue.

The interior of my whole house looks like it just fell out of an: Ikea, West Elm, catalog... Um I think it did! A couple of years ago my daughter bought a new couch at one of the major 'name brand' furniture stores. My son is 6' 2" and buffed sat down on it and crack, went right through to the floor! To repair it we flipped it over, cut off the lining, and found a nightmare of pressboard, glued wood chip product and particle board. It couldn't be fixed because there wasn't a place in it that would hold a screw. My wife took her to Ikea and they bought another couch, it is framed with white wood, and metal clamps and brackets... Call it what you want, but the Ikea sofa has been wonderful.

All of the products I've assembled including all of our 5 bedrooms, have got a personal touch added. WOOD GLUE on and inside EVERY joint, seam, etc... Finished products? Solid as rocks.

OCKLAWAHA

[wsansewjs]

you can think the stuff is crap all you want, but having a store like that would be nice for tax revenue.

The interior of my whole house looks like it just fell out of an: Ikea, West Elm, catalog... Um I think it did! A couple of years ago my daughter bought a new couch at one of the major 'name brand' furniture stores. My son is 6' 2" and buffed sat down on it and crack, went right through to the floor! To repair it we flipped it over, cut off the lining, and found a nightmare of pressboard, glued wood chip product and particle board. It couldn't be fixed because there wasn't a place in it that would hold a screw. My wife took her to Ikea and they bought another couch, it is framed with white wood, and metal clamps and brackets... Call it what you want, but the Ikea sofa has been wonderful.

All of the products I've assembled including all of our 5 bedrooms, have got a personal touch added. WOOD GLUE on and inside EVERY joint, seam, etc... Finished products? Solid as rocks.

OCKLAWAHA

See? Wooden glue is your best insurance for any self-assemble furniture!

-Josh

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

IRRELEVANT INFORMATION ALERT, IRRELEVANT INFORMATION ALERT:

Once the wood glue cures, the bond is actually stronger than the wood itself, so any splitting, splintering, cracking, breaking, etc.... that happens will be above or below the bonded joint.

[wsansewjs]

IRRELEVANT INFORMATION ALERT, IRRELEVANT INFORMATION ALERT:

Once the wood glue cures, the bond is actually stronger than the wood itself, so any splitting, splintering, cracking, breaking, etc.... that happens will be above or below the bonded joint.

So, what is stronger than the bonded part?

Your mom?

-Josh

[Debbie Thompson]

So to sum up the (so far) six pages. 
Some of us love Ikea furniture. 
Some of us hate it. 
Some of us would not buy it if there was an Ikea on the next block.
Some of us will drive to Orlando to get it. 
Ikea isn't coming to Jacksonville, but if they were,
it would be fine with some of us, even wonderful.
And some of us don't care.   

[CityLife]

And some of us don't care about growing the city's tax base and making Jacksonville a more attractive place to live and visit.

FIFY 

[Debbie Thompson]

That's  not my quote. I never said that.

[CityLife]

That's  not my quote. I never said that.

FIFY means Fixed It For You

[Adam W]

That's  not my quote. I never said that.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FIFY

[Debbie Thompson]

City Life, I know you were joking because of the smiley, so I'm not mad. I don't think I agree FIFY means fixed it for you.  It means you took my name (my own name) and used it to express your opinion (an anonymous screen name.)  Why not just express your opinion under your own moniker?  I wasn't much amused because someone could hijack my name in a quote and not say FIFY to indicate it wasn't me.  Like I said, not angry.  Just wondering why people would do that.